Kickstarter Says Customer Data Accessed in Hack

Usernames and Encrypted Passwords Among Data Accessed

By

Andrew Dowell

Feb. 16, 2014 8:54 a.m. ET

Crowdfunding site Kickstarter Inc. said some customer data was accessed in a computer attack.

The company, which has set up an exchange in which people can contribute often small amounts of money to fund projects such as the documentary film "Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry" or the Pebble smartwatch, said in a blog post Saturday and emails to...